Apple wants to enable iPhone 6’s NFC for building security, public transit tickets and more
Most of the talk aboutNFCinside theiPhone 6andiPhone 6 Plushas centered around Apple Pay, the iPhone maker’s mobile payments service, but NFC has other uses, too. Android handsets typically use NFC for proximity-based wireless sharing and nowThe Information is reportingthat Apple is considering adding more NFC-based features to the new iPhones, stuff like enabling secure access to buildings and transit fare systems. According to the article, Apple engineers met with representatives for technology providers like HID Global and Cubic to discuss expanding NFC in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to new uses such as replacing a public transit card or a secure building access keycard....